Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 living with a grandparent householder who is responsible for the care of grandchildren in the household (e.g., in 2024, 2.8% of California children were in the care of grandparents).
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey summary files and public use microdata (Aug. 2026).
Footnote: These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. Data for 2020 are not available due to disruptions in data collection. The notation S refers to estimates that have been suppressed because the margin of error was greater than 5 percentage points. N/A means that data are not available.
